Facing the prospect of being shot, eight inmates broke out of their holding cell, in order to help an unconscious prison guard they witnessed slump over. Once out, the prisoners then banged on doors to get help for the correctional officer.

Hope For Paws got a call about an injured dog living on the streets in a rough part of Los Angeles. The dog rarely came out of her hiding spot, except to look for food late at night, so it took Eldad Hagar and Lisa Chiarrelli a few nights of looking.

Britain is in talks with Nigerian security forces to help rescue hundreds of kidnapped schoolgirls still missing three weeks after they were seized by a militant Islamist group
London said it stood ready to give "practical assistance"

Two worshippers celebrating the Jewish holiday of Passover braved intense heat to free the child from a car seat after hearing the family's screams for help. An elderly man who had become panic-stricken and was unable to unfasten his seatbelt

HUNTINGTON, Utah - Despite three weeks of drilling and digging that have revealed no signs of life from six men trapped inside a collapsed coal mine, officials said Sunday the search will continue. Federal and mine company officials said a seventh bore

HUNTINGTON, Utah (AP) - Dangerous conditions that forced rescuers to halt attempts to reach six trapped miners will prevent crews from reaching the men for at least a week, a mining executive said. Seismic activity "wiped out" all progress rescuers had

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) -- Investigators need to begin removing debris from the Mississippi River to further the investigation of the I-35W bridge collapse and the search for missing motorists, Hennepin County Sheriff Richard Stanek said Monday.

A witness told CNN that 20 year old Jeremy Hernandez, a gym staff member accompanying a bus full of kids on a summer field trip, saved 50+ children by his quick actions and refusal to leave any kids on the bus until they were cleared out and safe.